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frosting up

frosting up is the present participle and gerund of frost up.

Meaning of frost up

Verb

frost up (third-person singular simple present frosts up, present participle frosting up, simple past and past participle frosted up)

  1. (intransitive) to become frosty
    • The windows often frost up in winter.

Questions about frosting up

What is frosting up the present participle and gerund of?
Frosting up is the present participle and gerund of frost up.

Words near frosting up in the dictionary

  1. frostiest
  2. frostily
  3. frostiness
  4. frosting
  5. frosting on the cake
  6. frosting up
  7. frostinged
  8. frostinglike
  9. frostings
  10. frostless
  11. frostlessness

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